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Spheroid
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(geometry) a round 3D shape like a ball that is slightly flattened at the top and bottom points
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
spheroids
Examples
The Earth is not quite a sphere but is better described as an oblate spheroid flattened at the poles.
Lexical Tree
spheroidal
spheroid
